| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| And your Sir, I haue bin / With your Father, and | And you, sir. I have been with your father and | KL II.i.2 |
| giuen him notice / That the Duke of Cornwall, and Regan | given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan | KL II.i.3 |
| his Duchesse / Will be here with him this night. | his Duchess will be here with him this night. | KL II.i.4 |
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| Nay I know not, you haue heard of the newes | Nay, I know not. You have heard of the news | KL II.i.6 |
| abroad, I meane the whisper'd ones, for they are yet but | abroad – I mean the whispered ones, for they are yet but | KL II.i.7 |
| ear-kissing arguments. | ear-kissing arguments? | KL II.i.8 |
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| Haue you heard of no likely Warres toward, / 'Twixt | Have you heard of no likely wars toward 'twixt | KL II.i.10 |
| the Dukes of Cornwall, and Albany? | the Dukes of Cornwall and Albany? | KL II.i.11 |
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| You may do then in time, / Fare you well Sir. | You may do, then, in time. Fare you well, sir. | KL II.i.13 |